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Warlords 2… not a huge jump from from the original. NetDanzr already identified the main differences in his review. While I don't agree with him concerning the ships (the manual handling of expensive ships as found in the original was way too fussy, in my opinion), I think he hit the nail on the head concerning the ability to 'buy' production. This feature did not make the game better, because it lowers the strategic importance of individual cities. However, you will use it, because the whole strategic model is of course built around it. Instead of going into further detail on those, this review will focus on what's new in Warlords 2 Deluxe.
The segmentation of the universe into four sectors, each gouverned by one race, is crumbling. Peace is not an option any longer – all you can decide is which path of war to follow.
Races following the path ironically called 'peace' (represented by the colour green) attempt to expand their empire by settling on as many planets as possible. These colonies are then built up through investment into industry, defense, education and so on. This brings in tax money and after some time, these planets will be able to defend themselves against attacks quite well.
For once, a fighting game which did not originate in the arcades or game consoles and which doesn't even try to imitate those. Well, at least not too much. At least it goes its own way graphically.
The USA is now a radiated wasteland, home to mutants and dangerous survivalists. A dog eat dog world, and only one thing can keep a semblance of order: the Rangers. You, of course, are a member of this elite group, and your job is out there, on the wastes, where there is always somebody in need.
Definitely the Vectrex game with the best graphics I have played so far. It even has music, as well as sound effects!
You are an intergalactic animal collector. You are trying to collect all 20 species of creatures, all the while avoiding all those nasty alien star-shaped drones and , of course, the dragon that will attempt to shoot you with a fireball if you miss too often. Once you have captured a creature (does this sound like Pokemon? It sure isn't.) you still have to find the way out of the intergalactic webspace you're trapped in and take it to your trophy room (great animation).
The name speaks for itself. This one-of-a-kind game features utterly morbid visions of a man named Steve undergoing a surgical operation. While the doctors are struggling to fix his hallucinating brain, he must also fight for his life in this strange, uncanny world of personal subconscious, seasoned with a multitude of phantasmagoric absurdities, which though are equally absurd as extremely hostile. But the really bad news is, is that it all seems to depend solely on your own progress, and if you fail to accomplish your mission down here, it will certainly mean your death up there. Your life now is completely in your own hands. So, no time to fake it, you better make it! Or else… *flatline sound*.
When Mr Creosote told me about the "Western" theme the site was going for this month the first game that came to my mind was Western Games. Not that that game would have been one of my favorites or even one of those I had played a lot. But I did remember there was something... some game from the "Games" series. When I spoke to Mr Creosote about it he suggested Bar Games, but that wasn't it. Soon the right game was found though and I sat down with it.
To lead a life like Hugh Hefner someday… doesn’t this cross most men’s minds? Well, in this game from 1997 we get the chance to give it a virtual try. Too bad, that you will have to start at the veeery bottom. Namely as a bank robber, who is hunted by the FBI and whom his chums have cheated of his share of the loot. So we hide in some dump in the desert, where we meet lovely Lula, who is willing to help us, if we can turn her into a heroine of the porn industry (which girl with a bust size of 50+ does not dream of this kind of things?!?).